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TGOC 2024 – 11 great pitches

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2024’s coast to coast walk across Scotland provided great camping opportunities. On previous occasions pitches were sometimes a bit hit-and-miss with uneven, sloping or wet ground, or midges to taunt me. This year something was working in my favour. Was it good weather? Or better planning? Or maybe a helpful route-Vetter from Challenge Control? Taking […]

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TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #3 from Pitlochry

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The map shows the route tracked from 30 minute beacons sent by a Spot satellite tracker and captured by Phil Sorrell’s Social Hiking site. Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route in blue. Pitlochry was planned as the first night indoors. I had tried to find somewhere earlier, but

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